Rachel Spearing appointed as a Patron of The Next 100 Years
8th August 2024
Rachel Spearing has been appointed as a Patron of The Next 100 years after many years of being a member. Rachel joined The First 100 Hundred Years Pioneers for the 1990’s, celebrating her diverse background and co-founding of the Wellbeing at the Bar initiative in 2012.
The Next 100 Years is a project dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. They are focused on encouraging collaboration across the profession, improving the visibility of women in law, and supporting the women lawyers of the future.
The ten-year project is powered by Spark21, a charity founded to celebrate, inform and inspire future generations of women in the profession. It builds on the success of the First 100 Years project, created to chart the journey of women in law in the first 100 years following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which allowed women to become lawyers for the first time. The five-year project culminated in centenary celebrations in 2019.
The Next 100 Years will continue the work of the First 100 Years, capturing the inspirational stories of today’s pioneering women lawyers, educating the public on the legacy of the legal pioneers of the past, and driving the change needed to create an equal future for women in the profession.
Speaking about the project Rachel says: “As a Patron of the Next 100 Years ‘paving the way’ for this next generation for me means supporting their access to, resilience within, and successful retention or return to the profession. Building greater awareness of their challenges is what I aspire to do as a Leader.”
Visit their website here.
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